Help Celebrate 9 Years of Excellence[/size]
It may be a couple of months before Clockday, but so what. I figure it's better to get this started as early as possible so we can get more possible entries and snazzier designs.
As many of you know, Clockday (http://www.clockcrew.cc/clockopedia/clockday) is soon approaching and it will be our 9 year anniversary of running Newgrounds. To celebrate such a day, hundreds upon hundreds of flash movies are submitted to the NG Portal out of love for Strawberry Clock and the Clock Crew. Within these movies, a special preloader is to be present that helps unify us as a whole and a family. Since this is our 9th year, let's try to design a preloader that is 9 times better than anything we've had in the past.
To enter, all you need to do is upload your custom designed preloader to the File Library (http://www.clockcrew.cc/talk/library) and post either a screen shot or the actual preloader (within a .swf file) in this thread.
LET THE COMPETITION COMMENCE!
Previous Clockdays:[/u]- Clockday 2005 (http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/clockday2005)
- Clockday 2006 (http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/clockday2006)
- Clockday 2007 (http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/clockday2007)
- Clockday 2008 (http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/clockday2008)
- Clockday 2009 (http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/clockday2009)
THE OFFICIAL PRELOADER HAS BEEN CHOSEN[/b]
(by default)!
Quote from: Unfinished Zombie Game;1767311[flash=http://files.myfrogbag.com/csdp60/heavy%20metal%20preloader3.swf] width=550 height=400[/flash]
(This is with 12 fps)
AS2 File:
http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/download/27ea192b19aca1f8b7548e6bd4504a2e
jesus christ clock day is coming up isn't it?
i want to make something for this so bad but I'm not sure yet.
Quote from: HyundaiClock;1755548jesus christ clock day is coming up isn't it?
Yessir it is! So let's all get our asses in gear! Also, is there anyway we could sticky this or make it stand out more until Clock Day arrives?
So I've got this from the NG frontpage banner thing from last year and if someone with actual knowledge of actionscript helped out i think it would make a nice preloader.
http://files.myfrogbag.com/gjft7iv6daztmn4/Preloader%20logo.fla
Ideally, the 0-100 loading animation would look something like this. (http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/3ae7ddffd8535e5f00d2c9a037f467a6)
in b4 over 9000
http://files.myfrogbag.com/iws5jq/keep%20on%20loadin.swf
http://files.myfrogbag.com/iws5jq/keep%20on%20loadin.fla
Quote from: Mister Jane Doe;1756458in b4 over 9000
nobodys going to say that
Can't wait too see what some people come up with
Bringing this up to everyone's attention again, just so it's not forgotten about.
I just remembered my idea! brb gonna go work on that.
If you have a complicated loading sequence or idea you're not sure how to program, I'll be around on AIM if you want help.
So I win by default right?
Quote from: clammo;1762996http://www.clockcrew.cc/clam/flash/calendarloader.swf
I feel as though this should look like a wall calendar that proceeds to make x's across each day until August 15th, where it then circles it and the play button appears. But that's just me.
Quote from: Zen Micro Clock;1762999I feel as though this should look like a wall calendar that proceeds to make x's across each day until August 15th, where it then circles it and the play button appears. But that's just me.
or maybe one of those daily calendars that has pages ripping off
Quote from: Satellite Clock;1763000or maybe one of those daily calendars that has pages ripping off
Even better.
There could easily be animation based stuff in there. Just simply have certain %s trigger each animation bit, such as the page turning. So rather than have mc.gotoAndPlay(percentLoaded); have something like
if(percentLoaded>10) {
pageturn.play();
}
with an additional boolean to make sure it only animated once.
Quote from: clammo;1763015what happens if the movie loads fast enough so that multiple page turns are happening at once?
even if you restrict the page turns to go one at a time, you're then forcing unnecessary waiting on the viewer.
It really depends how you want the page turn to work, but like say for example it's just a page falling off a wall calendar there's no reason the next page can't start falling whilst the previous one still is. I agree you wouldn't wanna force viewers into waiting longer than necessary to get to the actual movie/game. I'm just saying, depending on your approach you could definitely get something like that working.
I'm not sure if I'm seeing this concept the same way as you. I just made this quick simulation to show what I'm thinking:
http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/42d2b9583072ef8651bb78ed6927a059
(Click the play button a few times as each time you press it the "download" speed increases, all the way up to them all coming off at the same time)
Quote from: clammo;1763021i can picture cases where every single page falls off at the exact same time (and in some very extreme random case, you might even trigger some fps lag by having too many objects!!). i mean, its definitely possible, but i dont think it would have the desired effect that they're imagining.
The way I've envisioned it (above) it still looks okay and it's just the same as your idea which would just straight to AUG 15 2010 on a quick load I assume?
Quoteedit: you'd also have to keep track of object depth, which is possibly the most frustrating thing that ill never understand about flash
Not too sure what you mean here, like I know what object Depth is but I don't know how this comes into play here.
Quote from: clammo;1763061it works fine on this bare bones version. try ripping off 100+ pages at once or having lil x's to cross off days.
I don't imagine x's would be an issue and if it were 100+ pages logically a person would only be able to see so many of these so you could use code to cut down on the number visible.
Quoteit looks like you have all pages on the screen right from the beginning right? if you had hundreds of pages like this, performance is going to drop a lot. you'd have to make use of attachMovie() to keep one in the foreground and one in the background.
Also wouldn't be too difficult.
Anyway these are all niggley irrelevant points. All I wanna say is if someone wants to take a fair crack at it and has the idea/art ready for it I can help out coding something to that effect.
What an incredible amount of submissions.
To be fair, wasn't last year's ready the day of or day before Clock Day?
I'm making one hold your horses
I had a theory for a preloader but someone would have to code it seeing as how i can't:
theoretical preview (http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/4aa5c42ea4def67029c5d7ccdc800b95)
theoretical fla (http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/3bbcd75040007da9da6638045d756afc)
edit: changed the animation slightly to make it seem more fluid.
Quote from: RobClock;1766587I had a theory for a preloader but someone would have to code it seeing as how i can't:
theoretical preview
theoretical fla
i like this idea
Since I suck I'll just lay out my idea for ya'll.
I'm seeing something like this:
(https://clockcrew.net/talk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffiles.myfrogbag.com%2Fy10np3%2Fape_man_evolution.png&hash=34fb6767ae44ca898d70e178d150bb79591d960b)
With depictions of SBC growing up.
Growing up could either be:
-Seed to old fart
-Seed to normal
-Original style to current style
-Whatever else fits the theme
Quote from: clammo;1763011i added in a shitty lil animation thing at the end also switched the colors because i know how gay everyone is for black bgs
updated: http://www.clockcrew.cc/clam/flash/calendarloader2.swf
I really like this one except for the glow when it reaches August 15th. I think that could be done in a nicer way. I don't see why we need to have loads of shit going on.
Quote from: Munglai;1766608I really like this one except for the glow when it reaches August 15th. I think that could be done in a nicer way. I don't see why we need to have loads of shit going on.
Because we want the size of the preloader to be bigger than the actual movie!
To keep with the Metal Slug preloader tradition someone could turn this into SBC getting eaten or something.
(https://clockcrew.net/talk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffiles.myfrogbag.com%2Fy24pw4%2Frossi.1.gif&hash=71ad1e6e1dc7ec75862498a27d3dbabd76ed274f)
Quote from: Agent Francis York Morgan;1766606Since I suck I'll just lay out my idea for ya'll.
I'm seeing something like this:

With depictions of SBC growing up.
Growing up could either be:
-Seed to old fart
-Seed to normal
-Original style to current style
-Whatever else fits the theme
I really like this idea.
Quote from: DWARFINATOR;1767047
Would this image not portray a Clock Crew desperately clinging for survival and/or dying? Not a great emblem for the most important day of the year in this organization. :sherlock:
Quote from: Agent Francis York Morgan;1766606
To me, this seems like it would be a better idea for next year as 2011 is the clock crew's 10th anniversary.
Quote from: RobClock;1767087Would this image not portray a Clock Crew desperately clinging for survival and/or dying? Not a great emblem for the most important day of the year in this organization. :sherlock:
I don't think that anybody on Newgrounds is actually going to search for symbolism in our preloader.
I'm just saying it seems daft to portray ourselves in a lesser state on a day dedicated to our awesomeness.
liking rob's second idea
Quote from: RobClock;1767087To me, this seems like it would be a better idea for next year as 2011 is the clock crew's 10th anniversary.
How come I kept thinking this was the 10th anniversary?
I say we store my idea in a time capsule to be open this time next year.
:(
Okay here's mine. Press play to restart the loader.
http://files.myfrogbag.com/csdp60/heavy%20metal%20preloader.swf
(note that the animation is at 18fps so that it will work for those lower fps movies)
EDIT: I'm planning on adding a power chord sound to it, maybe a B power chord.
Quote from: ToenailBurgerClock;1767299Nearly but not quite perfect. The border and background are very refined but the main character is very rough. If you refined the main character, it would be perfect and I would personally use it.
Great, I'll work on it. I've also already made the mountain a little wider at the base too.
wow, amazing work Satellite. I agree with Cad though, sbc is a bit too rough for his surroundings. Also something about the way the wind is blowing the hair is bothering me. quick mspaint:
(https://clockcrew.net/talk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffiles.myfrogbag.com%2Fdhbcousghbxtqr2%2Fhairways.png&hash=e127cd248e9e09bd29325720a694ec599ae2a81a)
instead of
(https://clockcrew.net/talk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffiles.myfrogbag.com%2Fdhbcousghbxtqr2%2Fhairwaysbad.png&hash=6edca09ba1d9dd43aed46e337ff7a52dee5653ce)
Quote from: clockradioclock;1767301-Words-
it would look better if he just reversed the motion of the wind.
that too but it was more a: "the fringe is up on the right so the wind looks like it's coming from the left, but the hair at the back is dragging to the left, making it look like the wind is coming from the right" kind of thing.
I think it looks purty. I'm probably going to add another layer of cloud cover though if I do end up using this (which I probably will). Keep up the good work Satellite.
Okay how's this looking?
[flash]http://files.myfrogbag.com/csdp60/heavy%20metal%20preloader3.swf width=550 height=400[/flash]
(This is with 12 fps)
The word 'glorious' comes to mind.
looking great :*)
I'm liking it.
I like it a lot satellite
Okay thanks for the feedback! I'm gonna mess around with it a little more and post some final versions in the library.
Here are the File Library links.
EDIT: I had to change the AS a little new files coming soon!
I made a CS4 AS3 file but it was too large to upload to the file library. Is there any way that someone can manually put it on or something like that?
If anyone happens to be making a Flash CS3 movie with AS3 then someone else will have to convert that for them. The same goes with anyone using Flash under MX2004.
Here's the AS3 CS4 file: EDIT: I had to change the AS a little new files coming soon!
Looks nice.
Diggin that.
I think it looks reeeaallly good, Sattelite!
I certainly wouldn't mind using it.
Okay here's a Flash 8 and above AS2 download link: http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/27ea192b19aca1f8b7548e6bd4504a2e
I'm working on finishing the AS3 version, it'll be done shortly
should have made it as3 only, time you fuckers upgraded.
also, digging this satelite. Needs some small tuning, but overall its great
Quote from: Unfinished Zombie Game;1767311Okay how's this looking?
[flash]http://files.myfrogbag.com/csdp60/heavy%20metal%20preloader3.swf width=550 height=400[/flash]
(This is with 12 fps)
BRILLIANT! Also I thought It would be cool if you added a guitar sound to go along with it. But that's just my opinion.
Quote from: Wegra2008;1776127BRILLIANT! Also I thought It would be cool if you added a guitar sound to go along with it. But that's just my opinion.
The current version has sound.
Oh and Satalite, that is pure sex.
Added this sexy beast to my movie.
Now to finish that bitch before next weekend. See ya later guys.
Quote from: Unfinished Zombie Game;1769406Okay here's a Flash 8 and above AS2 download link: http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/27ea192b19aca1f8b7548e6bd4504a2e
Is this the official preloader then? Or is the contest still going and the winner hasn't been decided yet?
It has been decided!
Can't wait to see what the new preloader is.
There hasn't been a Clock Day preloader that hasn't dissapointed me yet.
ClockDay 2007's preloader was good but I honestly didn't really enjoy that year.
Quote from: MountainDew;1776862Can't wait to see what the new preloader is.
There hasn't been a Clock Day preloader that hasn't dissapointed me yet.
ClockDay 2007's preloader was good but I honestly didn't really enjoy that year.
http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/27ea192b19aca1f8b7548e6bd4504a2eedit: can't we get a news post about this or something?
fixed
Quote from: Unfinished Zombie Game;1776882edit: can't we get a news post about this or something?
yw
Can someone redirect me to the MX04 version of the preloader? Does it even exist? Can someone convert one for me?
I know I know, I need to get CS4 but whatever.
Quote from: Patches O'Houlihan;1777221Can someone redirect me to the MX04 version of the preloader? Does it even exist? Can someone convert one for me?
I know I know, I need to get CS4 but whatever.
Just get Flash 8, homeslice. :cool:
Quote from: Patches O'Houlihan;1777221Can someone redirect me to the MX04 version of the preloader? Does it even exist? Can someone convert one for me?
I know I know, I need to get CS4 but whatever.
its in that thread leek made
Since I'm going to just make spam, I modified the preloader so instead of making a guitar riff, it screams. :)
Who wants it?
Scream is http://www.flashkit.com/soundfx/People/Screams/Scream_o-El_Diabl-8203/index.php btw